relaters

Those stories must drag horribly, that have not more hearers and applauders than relaters.

Clarissa Harlowe 2006

Interpreters, as well as relaters, are often unfaithful, and still oftener incorrect, puzzling, and blundering.

Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005

Not only was the fact of the meeting talked of in every respectable house, including the palace, but the very speeches of the dean, the archdeacon, and chancellor were repeated; not without many additions and imaginary circumstances, according to the tastes and opinions of the relaters.

Barchester Towers 2004

‘Pray, Sir, could you have no redress if you were to prosecute a publisher for bringing out, under your name, what you never said, and ascribing to you dull stupid nonsense, or making you swear profanely, as many ignorant relaters of your bon-mots do?’

The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. 2004

This place was the scene of an action, much celebrated in the traditional history of Col, but which probably no two relaters will tell alike.

A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland 2003

The picture, though slightly coloured by the person - alities of the fact-relaters, is fairly true.

Elric At The End of Time Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1984

There is a marked similarity between Little Red Riding Hood and Juanita, Marianita, the Cat and the Bear, and also between Uncle Remus's Tar Baby and The Gum Baby; but the Indian relaters insist that these two tales were told to them by their grandfathers, and they were "already then very old when my grandfather heard them."

Taytay's Tales 1922

'Pray, Sir, could you have no redress if you were to prosecute a publisher for bringing out, under your name, what you never said, and ascribing to you dull stupid nonsense, or making you swear profanely, as many ignorant relaters of your bon-mots do [1267]?'

Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

A few men are sufficient to broach falsehoods, which are afterwards innocently diffused by successive relaters [644]. '

Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

I found that all the relaters of this lore were positive as to the antiquity of the narratives, and distinguished accurately between what was or was not pre-Columbian.

Algonquin Legends of New England Charles Godfrey Leland 1863